Emily returned from the hospital & is fine. No new cases of illness the last 24 hours. Praise the Lord! Billy took our school band members to observe a marching band competition. The teachers in the school came to me & wanted to lay hands on me and…

Carmella had open heart surgery two years ago today so the physicians who said she would not live missed it praise God! She is in college & lives & works in the dialysis house. Today was calm although we have 7 children in isolation but none critical so…

The funeral was not s difficult as I thought. The parents were in control of their emotions but of course it was sad. Without our “team” these horrors would be worst. Walter, Maria & Gladys stayed nearly 14 hours with the body at the hospital, police, attorney general’s…

Last night a baby was taken to the emergency room. The two pediatricians said there were no problems and told us to take her home. Early in the morning she had complications and was rushed to the hospital and passed away. So another funeral. Then two hours later…

Angelica's grandfather passed away so we sent her to her village for the funeral. Marilyn was robbed of her purse & school books on a bus going to the university. We have begun buying the extra food, paying college tuitions in advance and getting pay books in order…

This morning before the court hearing and the memorial I received this: "love to be real,it must cost-it must hurt-it must empty us of self". These are the words of Mother Teresa. We received 2 new little girls (7 & 8 years old) yesterday. Analy as awarded her…

We were informed today that the latest university in Guatemala will be opening an extension right here in San Bartolome' less than 2 miles from my front gate. Alelua!! There was a drug bust 12 miles from Casa and those arrested included 8 policemen and 5 civilians. Even…

Last night we had 3 major crisis. First a boy under psychiatric care attacked me but Alex was near. He had been spitting out his daily medicine. Second, Luis in dialysis, went berserk because his mother did not visit & actually tried to pull out his catheter. Third,…

A gang member was treated at a local hospital here & when released he said to the doctor “I cannot pay you in cash but is there anyone you want dead?” Aura’s boyfriend is of another religion & today he came to talk about salvation & making the…

Dina & Nancy came to see me with a belated birthday gift. Dina is a nurse in a cancer hospital while Nancy is a nurse in another hospital. I am so proud of them. All the teams have left & soon only 4 lonely visitors will…

Antony had another surgery for the varicose veins in his esophagus & stomach. He recovered from surgery last night extremely fast & was playing within an hour so this one was much easier on his body. The school had a Christian program this morning. Billy & Ezdras along…

I finished the financial and regular reports for the month of July. Dottie had a small medical procedure. Lorena finally, after 4 months, had her cast taken off of her leg. . We currently have 8 teams from S. Carolina, California, Texas(2), Arkansas(2), Washington and Pennsylvania. …

A peaceful Sunday! However, Luis in dialysis needs a miracle so please pray. The Word tells us that life and death are in the power of the tongue. Words are powerful. We even know of teenagers who have been bullied, criticized or made fun of who took their…

We finished July as probably the most difficult month in our 27 years but God has been faithful. The teams helped us emotionally as well as physically so we are grateful to them. We continue to have teams for another month so we know God will use them…

This has been a hard month but it has also been a month of blessings. More children were saved in July than any other month in the last 2 years. Yesterday we spoke of the lust of the flesh & today we want to share that what…